Garment-retainer for trunks



G. H. WHEARY.

GARMENT RETAINER FOR TRUNKS.

APPLICATIUN FILED JUNE 7. 1915.

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Application filed June 7, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE HENRY WHEARY, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Racine, in the county of Racine and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Garment-Retainers for Trunks, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are apart ofthis specification.

This invention relates to improvements in garment retainers for trunks.

Modern wardrobe trunks of the better type are divided medially, vertically into two hinged together parts and the wardrobe section is usually provided with garment hangers over which the garments are draped and are held yieldingly in position by means of a pad or cushion which 13! interposed between the hangers and the upper hinged end of the trunk. This manner of holding the hangers and garments has been found very satisfactory in use but is comparatively expensive to manufacture due to the necessity of having the upper end of the trunk in the form of a hinged cover or by providing other movable means to press the pad upon the garments and hangers.

It is one of the objects of the present in vention to obviate the beforementioned objectionable feature with reference to the expense of manufacture, and to provide a garment retainer for trunks which will firmly hold the hangers and garments draped without the necessity of providing a hinged top trunk or other similar pressing means.

A further object of the invention is to provide a garment retainer for trunks which may be easily attached to ordinary wardrobe trunks without requiring structional changes in the trunk.

A further object of the invention is to provide a garment retainer for trunks which is of simple construction and is inexpensive to manufacture, is strong and durable and is well adapted for the purpose described.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of the improved garment retainer for trunks and its parts and combinations as set forth in the claims, and all equivalents thereof.

In the accompanying drawing in which the same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of the views:

Figure l is a front view of a wardrobe trunk provided with the improved garment Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 20, 1920.

Serial No. 32,508.

retainer, the trunk being shown in open position and the drawer section being indicated in dotted lines;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view thereof taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional View taken on line 33 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view of a 1nodified form of retainer.

Referring to the drawing the numeral 8 indicates a wardrobe trunk, 9 the drawer section and 10 the wardrobe section hinged thereto. The wardrobe section is of usual construction and is provided with parallel hanger tracks 11 mounted on a U-shaped band 11 which is positioned in the upper end portion of the section. The tracks are adapted to support garment hangers 12 slidably mounted thereon. Extension tracks 13 are hinged to the outer ends of the fixed tracks and are adapted to swing outwardly to ali-ned positions with the fixed tracks to permit the hangers to be slid outwardly thereon.

A metal guide band or retainer bar engaging member 14, bent to conform approximately to the shape in cross section of the three sides of the wardrobe section of the trunk, is rigidly fastened to the inner walls of said section at a point midway of the height of the section and serves to reinforce the said walls. Medial parts of the side portions 15 of said band are spaced a slight distance from the side walls of the co1n partment to accommodate the hooked end portions 16 of bolt casings 16 which are carried by a retainer bar 17 The forward end portions 15 of the band are of less width than the spaced portions to provide for removing the retainer bar therefrom.

Spring actuated bolts 18, slidably mounted within the bolt casing 16, are provided with beveled ends which are adapted to automatically snap into the bolt openings 19 of the spaced portions of the band when the retainer bar is pushed inwardly and lock said bar in adjusted position.

This retainer bar is adapted to be pressed inwardly to hold the lower portions of the garments draped over the hangers.

Two spaced retainer straps 19' having their inner ends attached to the rear upper portion of the wardrobe section of the trunk adjacent to the U-shaped band 11 extend over the upper edge portions of the garment hangers and downwardly in front of the outer hanger, and at their lower ends are connected to a transverse spacing bar 20 which serves to hold the straps in spaced relation. The opposite ends of the spacing bar are provided with eyes 21 through which the ends of the straps extend and are fastened.

A medial portion of the transverse spacing bar is bent downwardly to form an ofiset portion 22 to receive the upper looped portion of an adjusting strap 23 which extends around and is secured to the retainer bar 17. The strap 28 is provided with a buckle 24 for adjusting the position of the spacing bar with relation to the retainer bar and to tightly bind the hangers and garments draped thereon together.

In the modified form of retainer shown in Fig. 4 a pad or piece of material 24 is interposed between the straps 19 and the hangers and prevents the straps from hearing directly upon the garments draped on the hangers.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the garment retainer for trunks is of Very simple construction and is well adapted for the purpose described.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. The combination with a trunk provided with garment hangers, of a garment retainer therefor, comprising flexible mem bers connected at their upper end portions to the trunk and extending over and downwardly in front of the hangers, a transverse spacing bar to which the lower ends of the flexible members are connected in spaced relation, a strap connected at one end to the spacing bar, and a member to which the opposite end of the strap is connected.

2. The combination with a trunk provided with garment hangers, of a garment retainer therefor, comprising flexible members connected at their upper end portions to the trunk and extending over and downwardly in front of the hangers, a transverse spacing bar to which the lower ends of the flexible members are connected in spaced relation, an adjustable strap connected at one end to the spacing bar, and a member to which the opposite end of the adjustable strap is connected.

3. The combination with a trunk provided with garment hangers, of a garment retainer therefor, comprising a plurality of straps connected at their upper end portions to the trunk and extending over and downwardly in front of the hangers, a transverse spacing bar to which the straps of the g'arment retainer are connected, an adjustable strap connected at one end to a medial point of the spacing bar, and a presser bar to which the opposite end of the adjustable strap is connected.

I. The combination with a trunk provided with two point suspension garment hangers, of a garment retainer therefor, comprising a plurality of straps connected at their upper end portions to the trunk and extending over and downwardly in front of the hangers for maintaining the garments and hangers in position, a transverse spacing bar to which the straps of the garment retainer are connected, an adjustable strap connected at one end to a medial point of the spacing bar, a presser bar to which the opposite end of the adjustable strap is connected, and a pad or yielding surface carried by the straps of the garment retainer, and interposed between said straps and clothing suspended from the hangers and adapted to bear against the clothing.

5. The combination with a trunk provided with two point suspension slidable garment hangers, of a garment retainer therefor, comprising a plurality of straps connected at their upper end portions to the trunk and extending over and downwardly in front of the hangers for maintaining the garments and hangers in position, a transverse spacing bar to which the straps of the garment hangers are connected, an adjustable strap connected at one end to a medial point of the spacing bar, a presser bar adjustable in the direction of the movement of the hanger bars, and to which presser bar the opposite end of the adjustable strap is connected, and a pad or yielding surface carried by the straps of the garment retainer and interposed between said straps and clothing suspended from the hangers, and adapted to bear against the clothing.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE HENRY WVHEARY.

WVitnesses:

ANNA M. NELSON, AL. A. BITTER. 

